Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today – From Leading Jesus Scholar N.T. Wright on Finding God's Voice - Softcover

Wright, N. T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062212648 ISBN 13: 9780062212641

Verlag: HarperOne, 2013

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In Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today, Widely respected Bible and Jesus scholar, N. T. Wright gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on biblical interpretation and the current “battles for the Bible,” and restoring scripture as the primary place to find God’s voice.

In this revised and expanded version of The Last Word, leading biblical scholar N. T. Wright shows how both evangelicals and liberals are guilty of misreading Scripture and reveals his renowned five-act model for understanding God’s authority and the Bible.

Wright provides a clear path forward for the church, showing readers how to:

• Move Beyond the Bible Wars: Discover a more faithful way of reading that transcends the fruitless cycle of liberal versus evangelical debates.
• Understand God’s Authority: Learn the crucial difference between the “authority of scripture” and God’s own authority exercised through scripture.
• Apply a Narrative Framework: Grasp N. T. Wright’s influential five-act model of biblical history to see the Bible as a unified, coherent story from Genesis to Revelation.
• Read the Bible with Integrity: Equip yourself with the tools to interpret scripture in a way that is historically grounded, theologically robust, and spiritually transformative.
• Engage with Case Studies: Explore practical examples, including Sabbath and monogamy, that demonstrate how this new model for biblical authority works in practice.

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N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Senior Editor at Saint Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and NPR’s Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including Paul: A Biography, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, and Scripture and the Authority of God.

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"But what does scripture say?”

That question has echoed through a thousand debates in the life of the worldwide church. All churches have officially endorsed strong statements about the centrality of scripture and its authority in their mission, life, doctrine, and discipline. But there is no agreement on what this might mean or how it might work in practice. Individuals and churches struggle with how to respond to issues such as war, homosexuality, and abortion, and especially how to interpret biblical passages that discuss these topics. These disagreements often serve to undermine our confidence in the authority of the Bible.

Bishop and Bible scholar N. T. Wright delivers a new model for how to understand the place of scripture and God’s authority in the midst of religious confusion. Wright gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on how to read the Bible today, restoring scripture as a place to find God’s voice.

In this revised and expanded edition of the previously titled book The Last Word, Wright provides two case studies that delve into what it means to keep Sabbath and how Christians can defend marital monogamy. These studies offer not only bold biblical insights but also showcase Wright’s new model for how to interpret scripture and restore its role as the church’s main resource for teaching and guidance. Removing the baggage that the last 100 years of controversy and confusion have placed on this doctrine, Wright renews our confidence in the Bible and shows how it can once again serve as the living Word of God for our lives.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperOne
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0062212648
• ISBN 13: 9780062212641
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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